(5.) BENJAMIN CARVOSSO; a son of the venerable William Carvosso. He was born at Gluvias, in the county of Cornwall, September 27th, 1789. The eminent piety of his parents exerted a powerful and permanent influence on his mind from his infancy; so that he was remarkable, during his boyhood and youth, for steady and high-toned morality. But he remained a stranger to converting grace till the twenty-second year of his age; when he became deeply penitent, and obtained a clear sense of pardon. He continued ever after to enjoy the witness of the Holy Spirit. His improvement was uniform and rapid; and his piety was distinguished by fervour, consistency, and strength. At the Conference of 1814, he was received as a probationer for the Wesleyan ministry. After five years of successful labour in England, he was constrained to offer himself to the Missionary Committee, to be employed abroad. In May, 1820, he landed in New South Wales, and there ministered the word with great diligence, acceptance, and success. He afterwards removed to Van-Diemen's Land, where five years before he had the honour of introducing Methodism. Here his labours were arduous: in the pulpit, the prison, the prayer-meeting, the classmeeting, or the family, he was constantly engaged. Nor were his efforts fruitless many souls were saved, and some extraordinary trophies of redeeming love were won by his ministrations; while his "pure, benevolent desire" to do good to all gained him the respect of all classes, gave great moral power to the infant church of that colony, and embalmed his memory in many hearts. A. return to his native land was deemed necessary; and from 1830 he continued in the full discharge of the duties of the ministry at home, till about Midsummer, 1854, when a severe sickness almost at once took away his power to labour. His last illness was of a most distressing kind; and pain and feebleness of body were connected with a long and severe temptation. But in his deepest distress he obtained a perfect and glorious victory; and during the last three weeks of his life his peace and joy abounded. On Saturday night, September 30th, his mind sank under the influence of disease; and on the afternoon of Monday, October 2d, 1854, his earthly warfare ended. As a Christian, Mr. Carvosso was remarkable for the simplicity of his manners, the fervour of his piety, the spirituality of his conversation, and the purity of his life. As a Minister, he sought, by careful study, as well as by constant and mighty prayer, to become a workman that needeth not to be ashamed. His preaching was distinguished by great richness of evangelical matter, sound exposition of the text, much practical application, a devout and fervent spirit, and a frequent enforcement of the doctrine of entire sanctification. He knew that his calling was "not to preach so many times, but to save as many souls as he could: " hence he diligently visited from house to house, and

embraced every opportunity of speaking concerning personal salvation to the children and servants of the families to which he gained access. He had a high sense of the importance of the press as a means of promoting religion; and, in conjunction with his brethren, commenced the first religious Magazine in Australia. After his return to England, he published a memoir of his devout father; another, of his son; and during subsequent years he frequently wrote useful and edifying papers for our periodicals. Through the whole of his Christian life he was in labours more abundant, and many are the crown of his rejoicing.

(6.) CHARLES HowE; who was born in Bath, in the year 1820. Very early in life he was the subject of the strivings of the Holy Spirit. When but fourteen years of age, he united himself to the people of God in his native city, and experienced the pardoning love of God. His labours as a Local Preacher were so acceptable and useful, and his piety so exemplary, that he was soon recommended for the work of the ministry; and was admitted, in 1838, as a student into the Wesleyan Theological Institution, where he resided two years, enjoying advantages of which through his subsequent life he retained a grateful remembrance. He laboured in various Circuits with acceptance and usefulness, being highly esteemed not only for his pulpit exercises, but also for his diligent attention to pastoral duties. His health, however, became so delicate, in the year 1845, that he was obliged to retire for one year as a Supernumerary; but at the close of that year he recommenced the active duties of our itinerancy, which he continued to discharge with his usual efficiency, until 1852, when ill-health obliged him again to retire. At the Conference of 1853, being partially reinvigorated, he was appointed to Sittingbourne, where he was highly esteemed. But his health now declined rapidly; and he departed this life on the 11th of October, 1854, in the thirty-fifth year of his age, and the fifteenth of his ministry. Throughout his illness he expressed strong attachment to Methodism, and firm faith in Christ, assuring his friends that for him to die was gain.

(7.) JOHN SMART; who was born at Birmingham, on the 16th of September, 1815. He had not the advantages of a religious education; but, being brought under the ministry of the Wesleyan Methodists, he received considerable benefit, and was eventually converted to God. Having obtained peace with God by faith in the atonement of Jesus Christ, and spiritual regeneration by the power of the Holy Ghost, he evinced by a suitable conduct the reality of the change which he had experienced. His first efforts to do good were approved, and not without fruit; and a larger sphere of usefulness was soon opened to him. During a residence of two years in the Wesleyan Theological Institution, his conduct was most exemplary; and for fifteen years

he laboured in various Circuits so as to edify God's people, and to promote vital religion. His mind had been diligently cultivated, and was marked by sobriety of judgment, and solidity of information. His public ministry was instructive, and highly appreciated by intelligent and godly hearers. He had the esteem and confidence of his brethren. Shortly before the last Conference his health began to decline; and although, at his earnest request, he was appointed to a Circuit, the duties of which he thought himself competent to fulfil, his strength so rapidly diminished, that he repaired to his appointment as a dying man, wholly incapable of public work. He bore his affliction with an edifying patience; and his departure was eminently peaceful and triumphant. He died November 12th, 1854, aged thirty-nine years, in the seventeenth year of his ministry.

(8.) GEORGE NORTH; a native of Cottingwith, Yorkshire. In very early life his serious and devout conduct attracted the observation of the Minister of the parish, who often and impressively spoke to him of Divine things. When removed from under the parental roof, and from the care of this godly Minister, that he might attend school at Selby, he was taken regularly by his relatives to the Wesleyan chapel. There Divine light opened more clearly upon his mind, and, by the faith of a contrite heart, he obtained a satisfactory sense of the pardoning love of God. He was a man of strict integrity, and eminently devout. It is said by one who knew him well, that, before the date of his last painful affliction, he was never heard to utter an idle word." At the Conference of 1842 he was appointed to the NewBuckenham Circuit; and to his unsparing exertions there may be attributed a severe attack of paralysis, which rendered him incapable of taking the full work of a Circuit. He had, however, the satisfaction of seeing the work of God prosper. On Sunday, September 24th, 1843, after preaching three times, and renewing tickets, he was prostrated by disease, which subjected him for eleven years to alternate fits of excitement and depression; but he was always intent on doing good, and ready to hail every account of the revival of religion with exclamations of gratitude and praise. His last affliction was but of a few days' continuance, during which he spoke but little, being conscious only at intervals. His last words were, "There is paradise!" He departed in peace, on Sunday morning, November 26th, 1854, in the fifty-sixth year of his age, and the thirtieth of his ministry.

(9.) HENRY J. BOOTH; who was a native of the city of London. From infancy he was trained up in the fear of the Lord; and, being graciously led in early life to seek a change of heart, he was made a partaker of the grace of adoption. In 1844 he was

appointed by the Conference to the Carlisle Circuit; and, from that period to the day of his death, he gave full proof that he was

called of God to be a Minister of the New Testament. Mentally, he was distinguished by great activity, perspicuity, perseverance, and love of order; and, with these qualities sanctified by grace, he was fully devoted to the cause of God, and the interests of Methodism." In labours" he was "more abundant." In pastoral visitation, catechumen-classes, Sunday-schools, and various other departments of sacred toil, he was unremittingly diligent. His public ministry was full of Christ, and attended with "power from on high." Many sinners were converted to God by his instrumentality. He was a diligent student, and a man of prayer. He "walked with God." The prudence and correctness of his general behaviour always commanded the esteem of his fellowlabourers, while he was "an example to believers in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity." His last illness was short, and his death was awfully sudden. The Lord's day before he died, he preached two most impressive sermons on death and heaven. On retiring to rest that night, he complained of inward pain; but medical aid was not deemed necessary until the following Tuesday; nor was any danger apprehended until an hour or two before he expired, on the evening of the following day. He was ready, however, when his change came. When his danger became apparent, unmoved by the shock, he exclaimed, "O, how happy! Bless the Lord!" and passed away to glory on the 29th of November, 1854, in the thirty-fourth year of his age, and the eleventh of his ministry.

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(10.) JOHN KERSHAW; who was born at Stokesley, in 1766, and was baptized by Mr. Wesley the same year. educated for the medical profession, and became surgeon to a whaling-ship; and it was during a terrific storm, off the coast of Greenland, that he was first thoroughly awakened to a sense of his guilt and danger. The vows made by him in the hour of peril were not forgotten. On his return to England, he joined himself to the Methodists, and soon afterwards, at a village prayermeeting, was enabled to rejoice in the forgiveness of sins. Without any idea of becoming a Minister, he began to speak to his neighbours from the fulness of his heart; and so promising were these early efforts, that, within sixteen months after his conversion, Mr. Wesley sent him out as a Travelling Preacher. In the earlier years of his ministry he encountered many hardships, and severe inward conflicts; but his labours were not in vain. In the Whitby Circuit he was made a blessing to the then youthful Robert Newton, who often in after-years called him his "spiritual father." In 1837, after forty-nine years of labour, (during which time he was stationed in several of our most important Circuits,) he retired from the full work of the ministry. He possessed a vigorous constitution, a courteous spirit, a cheerful temper, a clear and cultivated understanding. His reading was extensive; and

his conversation, especially in reminiscences of former days, most interesting and instructive. His prayers, both in public and in the family, were equally remarkable for their variety and simplicity. His sermons abounded in practical remarks and directions, and were delivered chiefly in short, pithy sentences, which all could understand. For a year previous to his death, he was confined to the house. During this time he was constantly employed in heavenly meditations: many times in each day he repeated portions of hymns, or broke out into prayer; and while his mind occasionally wandered, he invariably believed himself to be engaged in his former work. He finished his course in peace, at Stoke-Newington, January 5th, 1855, in the ninetieth year of his age, and the sixty-seventh of his ministry.

(11.) THOMAS ROGERSON; who was born at Bridlington-Quay, in the year 1810. He enjoyed the advantage of godly parentage and religious education, and feared God from his youth. Before he was sixteen years of age, he received the testimony of the Spirit to his adoption into the family of God. Constrained by the love of Christ, he soon began to call sinners to repentance; and in the year 1831 he became a probationer for the office and work of the Christian ministry. His public services were acceptable and successful; and were distinguished by fulness, accuracy, and evangelical power. He was exemplary in the administration of Christian ordinances, and diligent, affectionate, and faithful in the discharge of pastoral duties. In superintending the Circuits committed to his care, he executed his trust with vigilance and fidelity. Placed, on more than one occasion, in circumstances which called for decision and fortitude, he readily obeyed the calls of duty, and never afterwards regretted the part he had taken in support and defence of the cause of God. In consequence of the failure of his health, he removed from Hungerford to Bath, in December, 1854, hoping that rest and change would soon restore him; but his work on earth was finished. He daily grew worse, and felt that his end was near; but for him to die was gain. His last words were, "I have waited for Thy salvation, O Lord!" His spirit gently passed away on Monday, January 8th, 1855, in the forty-fifth year of his age, and the twenty-fourth of his ministry.

(12.) JOSEPH BEAUMONT, M.D., son of the Rev. John Beaumont; who was born at Castle-Donington, March 19th, 1794. He was converted to God whilst a scholar at Kingswood, and during his apprenticeship was most assiduous in cultivating his gifts, and secking spiritual advancement. At Macclesfield he derived great benefit from the ministrations of the late Rev. Melville Horne, and was accustomed to attend regularly upon them, as well as at the services in our own chapel. His way would have been opened into the ministry of the Established Church by the kindness of friends; but he preferred to remain